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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1882

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Storm Ravages Arkansas City Inundates Homes And Raises Floods

A Gazette special reports a fierce late night storm in Arkansas City blowing down two houses owned by Maj. John D. Adams occupants were black, a near hotel house was swept off its foundation and floated. Capt D O Hemingway rescued inmates. Calaboose washed away this morning. Vicksburg end and Yazoo City reports of rising rivers and stock moving by boat. Mayersville area flooded with water inland.

Little Rock Ark Arkansas City Gazette John D. Adams D. O Hemingway Vicksburg Miss Yazoo City Parisot Carroll Sallie Kearner Yazoo Mayersville Duckport St. Louis United States Gen. Barnard Keo Kuk Iowa Helena Barnard New Orleans Helier Milliken’s Bend Desmet and C. Carroll Tallahatchie John Scott Delta Washington Register Bruce Mississippi

Tobacco Manufacturers Convention Acts to Stabilize Tax Debate

Washington March 16 The tobacco manufacturers convention opened at 10 35 AM with a resolutions report proposing that Congress reduce the manufactured tobacco tax and that the action be considered settled for two years A plan for an executive committee centered near New York was adopted and a memorial to Congress urged abolishing all internal revenue taxes on tobacco with strong advocacy by the association officials and dealers alike

Washington Judge Kelly Judge Kelley Friends Commission Kelley Boston Custom House Beard Underwood Nave Senate Senate Committee United States Edmunds House Ferry Kamunas Congress Yeas Messrs Aldrich Allison Beck Blair Call Cameron Wwis Davis CW Dawes Fry Gorman Groom Hale Hampton Harris Harrison Hawley Hoar Jackson Jonas Lapham McDill Mahone Miller CN Mitchell Morgan Morrill Pratt Pugh Rollins Saunders Sawyer Sewell Teller Vance Voorhees Walger Willams Windom Cockrell Coke Conger Farley Garland George Hill McMillan McPherson Maxey Pendleton Ransom Saulsbury Sherman West Suc Aep Plumb Tariff Commission Senate Committee On Post Offices Mills Post Office Postmaster General American Steamships Pacific Coast Philadelphia Atlantic Coast Baltimore Atlantic Great Britain Tobacco Manufacturers’ Convention Helme Committee On Wessenger St. Louis Republican Caucus National Tobacco Association Seidler Jersey City Venable Virginia New York Kimball Internal Revenue Bureau Internal Revenue Chicago Democratic Press Henry Watterson Louisville Courier-Journal Democratic Party Party of Action Party of Reform Party High Seas Civil Service Jefferson Freedom James Redmond van Damme Welsh Bell Mm Pawtucket K. L William Gerald Reamond Walsh Women’s Medical College Massachusetts Maine Denmark Hawaiian Islands Burmah Samuel J. Randall Democratic King National Underground Telegraph Company Court of General Sessions Orlando B. Potter Samuel Wen William Francis Hartford Conn J. & J. Batterson J. Donnelly Connecticut Jefferson Market Martin Flanagan Auburn State Flanagan Buffalo Alfred Steckler Tenth Assembly District Republican Association Jazoo M. Patterson Fourth Judicial District Wm. Rutter & Company Gana American Agricultural Association Casperfeld & Cleveland Bowery

Clinton and Naples Back Re Publicans in Strong Vote

Limerick elected a full fusionist board for town offices by large majorities. In Biddeford ward 1 second trial the Democrats won their council and clerk candidates. A Portland salesman embezzled about 600 dollars. he lives in Bethel. Augusta municipal court judge A G Andrews confirmed. Portland Democrats organize with John S Russell as chairman and George F McQuillan as treasurer. Sailing boat Geo W Cushing from Portland to Boston in seven hours and twenty minutes. Vanceboro fears smallpox at St Croix. one case, exposure widespread. E M Hersey’s clothspin factory closed, Shaw’s tannery to follow.

Clinton Naples Limerick Biddeford W. H. Chase & Co Portland Bethel A.G. Andrews Augusta John S. Russell George F. McQuillan E.G. Willard Geo. W. Cushing Boston Vanceboro St. Croix E. M. Hersey Shaw's Tannery

Notable Dartmouth Class of 133 Faces Long Lives

The Dartmouth class of 1'33 includes thirty-one members with seventeen living, averaging over 70 years, and one Mormon among the so called sacred twelve in Utah. Benjamin F. Lewin of Plainfield dies after a fall near White River Junction. He was about 45 and leaves a family. Farmington Democrats elect a fall town ticket with coffee and refreshments to entice voters. Twelve men sign the pledge. The supreme rail bench adjourns after a session in Concord, ruling sixty five cases. The minority voting law in the Hayes case is declared unconstitutional. Many lawyers from across the state await the court's final decisions.

Dartmouth Utah Benjamin F. Lewin Plainfield White River Junction Democrats Farmington Supreme Rail Bench Concord John H. Pearson Francis B. Hayes Concord Railroad

Guano Torpedo Shipment Case Reported to Congress

A report from the secretary of state details contraband war materiel linked to Peru and Callao. It covers a torpedo boat found aboard a ship by Grace & Co and says munitions, including rifles, moved from Panama to Callao under the U.S. flag before transshipment. The document cites Horace N. Fisher letters from 1879 and notes the issue as a matter of U.S. responsibility.

Callao Panama Congress Secretary of State Washington, D. C Department of State Senate Dicemper Peru Cinli Horace N. Fisher Mr. Fisher Mr. Seward Soy Fisher Pacific Guayaquil Aspinwall Parama Aueh Grace & Co New York Winans Baltimore Kanama United States

City council orders and committee reports on building permits and public works

The record summarizes committee actions on building permits including a Fremont Foundry request to erect a wooden addition on Calvert Street, reports on public institutions special appropriations, a $1000 reward offer for Harriet A Bell’s killer, and printing costs for census statistics as a city document. It also notes payments for land damages from the Stony Brook channel project, abatements for Old Colony Steamboat and Red Line Transit, and inspection roles for second assistant assessors.

Fremont Foundry Calvert Street Fitchburg Railroad Company Harriet A. Bell Alfred Zeigler Stonybrook Old Colony Steambest Company Red Line Transit Company Old State House

Barton town clerk re-elected after thirty five years in office

The article notes William Graves has been reelected town clerk of Barton, extending his tenure to thirty five years. Other local items include L Robinson as a Democratic governor candidate, M Walker selling potatoes, and minor legal and public health notices across Vermont towns.

Committee On Public Health Worcester Milbury Worcester County Blackstone Judge Day Daniel Bursley Thompson William Graves Barton L. Robinson Newport M. Walker Whiting Edward F. Bickford H. C. Cross Brandon Samuel S. Gaines Vergennes Braintree Ross Ford Royalton Hougze Bennington County Bear’s Swamp Stanford

Worcester policeman John Keyes goes missing after Saturday

In Pittsfield two boys Bolton aged nine and Douglass aged one broke through the river ice during a slide. Bolton drowned while Douglass was saved. In New Bedford a man feigned letters to burglarize Mrs Silva at No. 49 Ash Street taking 646 dollars, 12 from a Portuguese resident, and other small sums. Mrs Silva was found unconscious. a chloroform bottle was found. she had not seen the attacker before.

John Keyes Worcester Bolton Douglass Pittsfield New Bedford William Silva Ash Street Silva

Disappearance of Spotter Bliss Ends in Worcester Return

Spotter Bliss of Providence reappears in Worcester Massachusetts claiming he fled due to feared violence from liquor dealers. Rumors suggest he carried money in a sack. In Cumberland Rachel Sayles’s home, Jesse D Sayles 26 a Woonsocket Patriot compositor killed himself by cutting his throat after prior attempts. He was unmarried and had wealthy kin in Pawtucket and Cumberland.

Spotter” Bliss Providence Worcester Mass Jesse D. Sayles Woonsocket Patriot Printing Office Rachel Sayles Cumberland Bill Pawtucket Cumberland

Waterbury Horror details double murder by maniac

McCaffrey, described as possibly insane, killed his wife and mother in Waterbury Vermont. He claimed threats against others and aided by family member McCue, with a girl witness. State attorney orders commitment to Brattleboro asylum. funeral scheduled Friday.

Waterbury McCaffrey McCue Charley Zane Greensboro Dr. Washburne Meeker Jimmy Brattleboro Asylum Grand Jury MecCaffrey Montpelier C. H. Pitkin Brattlepore Nere

Fire at Concord furniture plant destroys building and stock

A morning blaze at L. H. Clough's furniture manufactory in Concord, New Hampshire, leveled the workshop and a large two story storehouse with stock. Loss estimated at $20,000 with insurance on main building and stock totaling $12,300. Several nearby structures sustained minor damage. Fire department remained on site until after 10 AM.

Concord N. H L. H. Clough Ford & Kimball Portsmouth Harvey & Morgan Clough Ilis Boston Charles Noll Border Street Messrs. Hobson & Safford Messrs. A. & J. McLaren Hobson Stafford Messrs Hobson & Safford A. & J. McLaren Jesse Cook East Hobson & Saffora Haverhill Mass Thomas F. Finney Winter Street S.D. Magnara New York Rochester-Germen Rochester N. Y Warren Street E. A. Peck Ralston & Co Peek Keppler & Co Puck Meyer, Merkle & Oliman, Lithefrayhers Wara Twentieth Street Cambridge McLoud Broadway Elm Street Railroad Avenue Beverly W. P. Lefaver R. A. Lascom Stamford Conn Brooks Hubbard’s Hill Horace Brooks

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